Chicano theatre originates from the arrival of Spanish conquerors. In the 19th century, San Francisco and Los Angeles were major centers of Hispanic activity. More recently in the 1960’s, Chicano theatre coincided with activism and Cesar Chavez was the father of the new direction of this theatre. El Teatro Campesino served as a model for Chicano groups in the southwest. This theatre is performed and written in a particular linguistic style. Hispanic theatre has had an interrupted history and is separated into 3 discrete parts: Chicano in the west, Cuban in NY and Florida, and Nuyorican which is Puerto Rican. Mexican American theatre began with Spanish settlement in the 1540’s. in the 1800s when Texas was admitted into the Union, Hispanic people living there became the first Mexican Americans. The residents there and nearby kept their sense of ethnicity alive. Early theatre revolved around Christmas and Easter. Religious narratives were super common. Professional troupes became famous and traveled in Mexico. In 1910, revolution broke out there, and troupes used local actors to have plays and corridos. After the depression, Teatro Campesino focused on a lot of injustices that were imposed on Mexican Americans. Plays and theatre around this time had “actos” that depicted events and figures similar to the discrimination they faced.